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IAPSHOT GUILD ' ' -~fL. -fy * "• TOPICS TABLE-TOP PICTURES w 'PILOT' PLANTS HELP INDUSTRY ew Uses Sought fat Agricultural Products. v *{*»& V J . . . . By DR. W. W. SKINNER v'i Pilot plants form an important > J>art of the program for research on the industrial uses of farm products (at the four regional laboratories now , -Under construction by the bureau of •iprifultiirflt r-h<»m istrv nnd engi- - jjrcmig. i-1101 plants ai uie»e imij- , ; - - . j^?Jutuaj Hut Mine tunA ui work that 7""'the "demonstration fafms" have / . 'Idone for farmers--supply practice " evidence of the value of new methods artel processes. The new laboratories are planned* , to carry new discoveries through the. . idoubtful stage where manufacturers who depend on profit for their existence are often unwilling to ven- • "ture. Often the laboratory proves . that a certain process is chemically possible on test-tube scale. A -frianufacturer, however, wants to know Aether it will work as well on a .Urge scale, what the quality of the product will be, what raw materials and transportation costs will be." the expense for labor, and the price at which the product will have to sell to find a quantity market. The pilot plant stage supplies definite evidence on these questions. Production goes on a semi-commercial basis. The research workers and engineers iron out the kinks in practical procedure. The pilot plant is large enough to give a definite line on costs, quality, and marketing problems. Experience in starch making from sweetpotatoes is an example of pilot plant guidance. In the experiment the pilot plant tests have led to the operation of a co-operative plant that this year will handle the product of 4,000 acres. Government Scientists Advance Farm Studies Government scientists are busy studying every conceivable angle of agriculture with a view to making farming more profitable and life in America more abundant for the people. Some of their studies look foolish to the layman, and some of them, may be futile. Some of their find-* ings are not yet of any use to man, but neither were the discoveries made by Franklin about electricity of any use to man at the time he made them. When asked "Of what use is it?" Franklin's reply was-- "Of what use is a baby?" Down in West Virginia, government chemists are trying to find out how to make red apples redder. After paring the red coloring from bushels of apples, they found out what the red color is, and hav% isolated it in pure form. The pigment is called idaein. and belongs to a group of plant pigments known to chemists as anthocyanins. Now they are spraying leaves, fruit, and branches of trees with various chemicals, injecting chemicals into branches, applying materials to the soil under the tree spread, and binding, girdling, and defoliating at different times and in varying degrees to see if apples can be artificially colored, rather than to depend upon Nature's way of doing the work. SATURDAY NIGHT MEAT PIE <. SM R*cipM Below. Hurry-Up Meals Farm Facts Foot and mouth disease serum has been developed in Denmark. The new serum apparently renders cattle immune to the disease for at least a year. There are three known types of foot and moutfc virus, however, and it is not yet known whether the setum will protect against all three. • • • The 62,000,000-acre planting allotment for United States wheat to be harvested in 1940 is nearly 2,000,000 acres more than was harvested in any year of the World war. The average acreage harvested in 1916 and 1917 was slightly over 50,000,000 acres, as compared with the present planting allotment of #3,000,000 acres.- • ' 1 • • • • i If hog-feeding methods recently adopted by Paul Halsey, of McLean, 111., become universal, we may soon be eating peppermint-flavored pork chops or wintergreen spareribs, says the Country Home Magazine. Mr. Halsey, whose brother runs a candy truck, last spring arranged to purchase all stale candy to feed to a late spring litter of pigs. The hogs thrived so well on their sugary diet that they weighed an average of 287 pounds when sold a few months ago. • • • • Both" exercise and sunshine are essential for good strong-bodied calves. Calves can get their vitamin D directly from the sun if they are allowed some exercise in the sunshine. • • • Iowa restaurant owners recently agreed "to increase the use of lard in their respective establishments pnri urge upon all others engaged in " the preparation and serving at food the desirability of using lard ia^* stead of substitutes." Pork raisers greeted this news^ with pleasure. What a feeling of satisfaction it creates to be able to confront the family with an attractive and substantial meal, even after a long afternoon of shopping or of bridge. It takes a bit of planning to accomplish that! A selection of "Hurry-Up-Menus," planned to economize on time, without sacrificing quality, is the answer to that problem. Choose foods which can be prepared for cooking several hours in advance. A casserole dish requiring little cooking is a wise selection for the main dish of your meal; or, if you like, plan a broiler dinner or "grill" which can be cooked in little more time than it takes to set the table. Appetite teasing meals, and meals that can be put together in only a few minutes' time, can be built around these popular and satisfying main dishes. In most instances all that's required to complete them is bread, a beverage, and a simple fresh fruit dessert. s . Hasty Oven Baked BeaM. * (Serves 6) 1 large can baked beang ' V* pound bacon *4 cup light browiusugar 2 tablespoons tomato catsup Pour 1J2 can of baked beans in greased baking casserole. Dice % slices bacon and sprinkle over the beans. Add catsup, and then cover with remainder of baked beans. Sprinkle #ith brown sugar, and top with bacon strips. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees) for 30 minute*. Serve at once. Hasty Noodles. (Serves 6) t > ~ .1 package noodles ' v • slices bacon . * 2 eggs (well beaten) % teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper / Cook the noodles in boiling, salted water until tender. Drain, and place in a slow oven to keep warm. Pan fry the bacon until crisp, and remove from drippings, and cut into small pieces. Drain off all but two tablespoon* of the bacon fat, then place the bacon and noodles in the frying pan. Add well-beaten eggs and seasoning, and cook, folding gently, over k low fire for about five minutes, or until the eggs are set. Serve very hot. A crisp salad makes an excellent accompaniment for this meal. Cera and Mushroom Omelet. (Serves 6) 1 No. 2 can corn 3 eggs % teaspoon salt > % teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoons diced green pepper 1 can button mushrooms 1 tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons butter Drain the corn. Separate eggs. Add salt to egg yolks and beat until very thick. Add baking powder to egg whites and beat until stiff. Fold egg whites into the egg yolk mixture. Add corn and green pepper and mix lightly. Pour into a hot buttered frying pan and cook slowly until omelet is browned and thoroughly cooked through. Dry lightly in warm oven (300 degrees). Drain mushrooms and dredge with flour. Saute in melted butter. Pour mushrooms over the omelet, fold, and place on hot platter. Serve immediately. - Mixed Grill. (Serves 5) hk pound sliced bacon 1 pound pork sausages *" • 5 fresh tomatoes 1 No. 2 can French lima beans I No. 2 can pineapple rings Broil bacon and sausages Hollow out tomatoes and fill with French lima beans. Top with buttered bread crumbs and bake until tomato * ' / shells are tender but will etfll hold their shape. Fry pineapple rings in butter. Serve as mixed grill and gajpoiah with sprigs of parsley. _ ' , AIMn-One Dinner* (Serves 6) v 6 JiTiK sausages 1 large onion (chopped fine) 2 tablespoons green pepper (minced) % pound ground beef Vi pound ground pork 1 No. 2 can tomatoes 1 No. 2 can kidney bean* % cup uncooked rice - ; r % cup hot water lMs teaspoons salt ~- % teaspoon pepper * " Brown the sausages in. a heavy frying pan. Remove, and drain off all but V* cup of the fat. Saute the onion and the green pepper in the fat. Then add the ground meat ind cook until |rown. Add retraining ingredients, cover, and Cook until the rice is tender (about 35 minutes). During the last 15 minutes, reheat the sausages on top of the mixture. Ser^ff.with a green salad. Grilled Ham Sandwiches. Toast slices of bread and place thin slices of ham on untoasted side of bread. Cover with cheese slices and spread with prepared mustard. Top with slices of fresh tomato and grill under broiler until cheese melts. Serve with watercress and stuffed olives. ^ Saturday Night Meat Pie. i 4 tablespoons onion (minced) : 1 pound ground beef \ 1 can condensed tomato SOU# I % teaspoon salt % teaspoon peppter Pastry for 2-crust pie *, Butter (melted) Cook the onions in-a little butter until soft. Add the ground beef and cook until barely brown. Blend in the soup. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and mix. Line pie pan with rich pastry, rolled to %-inch thickness. Moisten the edges of the crust with cold water. Fill the pie shell with the meat mixttfre. Cover with the top crust, prick top, brush with melted butter, and bake in a 375 degree oven for one hour, or bake in a hot oven (450 degrees) for 15 minutes, then decrease heat to 350 degrees and bake 15 minutes longer. A simple "table-top" shot, this football hero would add fun to any album. Try table-top photography--you'll like It. and What is the first thought that comcfe to your mind when you think of "entertaining"? Hard work? Expense? Formality? It should mean none of these! Rather, that word "entertaining" stands for friendliness, antf warmth, and sociability. Eleanor Howe will tell you next week how to make entertaining easy. Be sure to look for the article, "Let's All Have Tea." • A UTTLI nonsense now + *• then," quoth the poet, "Is relished by the best of men." With that hi mind, I offer you the dluiest piclire of the current football season. ° This is a picture that could be liken with any camera--even the simplest box camera, if fitted with an inexpensive portrait attachment tor close-ups. It's printed here just to give yon an Idea of the fun that ean be had from table-top photography. A "table-top" picture is a small foene or set-up which you arrange •--then photograph. Such pictures «an he either serious or humorous, according to your fancy. And they ean be quite simple--or, If you prefer, the scene ean he worked out elaborately down to the last detail. " All sorts of materials can be - ffeed--toys, <*dds and ends around 4he house, bits of carpet for grassy fewn, fluffy cotton fo^snow, salt or itagar to imitate either sparkling snow or a sandy desert Small i^ ures you can make yourself--from vegetables, bits of stiff wire, pipe cleaners, wood--and dress them In scraps of cloth or fur. Indeed, the ingenious photographer will And here an unlimited field. Our football hero, above, is a very simple set-up. The ball was propped up on a table, a blanket arranged at the bottom, a helmet on top. The eyes are paper circles with inked pupils; the mouth, a paste-up of gray, black, and white paper. For light, two photo bulbs were used In cardboard reflectors four feet from the subject. This lighting would enable you to take a snapshot with a box camera, using high-speed film. Try your hand at "table-topping" this winter. It's great camera ton --tooth in arranging the subject, and In shooting it. And everybody \ikes a good table-top picture. John van Guilder MARRIAGE LICENSES Jack W. Collins, Chicago, IH-, to Anna E. Schlip, Chicago, 111., November 11, 1939. Burnus E. Price, Harvard, I1L, to Addie Whiteley, Harvard, 111., November 13, 1939. Joseph M. Botts, Woodstock, III., to Margaret F. Jeschke, Crystal Lake, 111., November 13, 1939. A marriage license was issued in Chicago to Elmer Meyer, 27, of Mc- Henry, and Esther Olson, 25, of Chicago. Robert McGee, Woodstock, I1L, to Marion Behringer, Woodstock, 111., November 13, 1939. Delbert Sabel, Chicago, 111., to Kathryn M. Burr, Crystal Lake, 111., November 13, 1939. George McCormick, Oak Park, 111., to Ruby G. Liston, Oak Park, 111., November 13, 1939. (f INTERRUPTED IOURNBT Four perfectly good tickets to the Notre Dame - Northwestern game were pnt to no use Saturday on account of a slight mishap which happened on the way. Mr. and Mr?. Edward Thennes, Miss Rosemary Hettermann and Clarence Stilling were enjoying the drive to South Bend when they met with a slight accident, a back to front collision, and the front of the Thennes car was scratched. AlthSfcgh no one was hurt in either car, all the gayety was taken out of the party, and since it was raining, the party of four turned around and headed for home. Paul Revere of Red. Wing, Minn* was recently fined five dollars and costs for exceeding the speed limit. Eyee , Examined Dr. Paul! Schwabe Phone: McBear^ 128-J Woodstock 674 A. % Nye Kdg. West McHenry OPTOMETRIST THURSDAY MORNINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 'w* - '"Wli - • MI PLACE RESTAURANT phone 377 JTJSTEN & FRETJND, Props . Ormo. St* Saturday and Sunday; % Fried Chicken Dinner, complete Thursday, November 23 Complete Turkey Dinner 0bc ?5c Chicken Chop Suey Fish Fry Sunday Friday- 25c 15c - 35c - 50c •".ft* %-i CENTRAL GARAGE --One of the best equipped garages in Northern Illinois-- STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS Guaranteed Service on all Hakes of Cars and Tracks Full line of Winter Oils and Greased Alcohol - Zerone - Prestone Full Line of Atlas and Goodyear Tim Slectric and Acetylene Weldinf Car Washing and Polishiaf FRED J. SMITH, Prop* Phone 200-J Towinf Johnsburg Send for Copy of This Cook Book. Spareribs with Apple Stuffing, Barbecued e Steak, Clam Chowder, and the old-fashioned Apple Dumplings that men love--you'll find recipes for these and many other family favorites in Eleanor Howe's, cookbook, "Feeding Father." To get your copy of this popular cookbook now send ten cents in coin to "Feeding Father," care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave., ^ Chicago, 111. > iReleased by Western Newspaper Union.) kk, Corner Shields Are Big Help in Cleaning Ro0ttlv 1 Hard-to-clean corners can be conquered for the housewife through installation of supple metal shields which, when pushed into the angle will eliminate the business of keeping corners free of dirt and dust. Especially suitable for the cor- .ners of shelves, the shields can be painted over to escape notice. nails or screws are necessary for installation, as the shields contain metal teeth which clamp to the surface and secure it firmly. -p.-- No More Schoolmarms There will be no more school inarms in Danville, Pa. The local school board, troubled over the controversy as to whether women school teachers should resign after marriage, has decided that only male teachers would be hired hereafter. A housing investigation made in Swansea, Wales, revealed that one family turned its dining table upside down at nigrht fer a bed. Nonprofessional Blood Donors A Heckersville, Pa., club has Inaugurated a non-professional blood dunurs sei ViCn The blood Of the members, well distributed among all four types, is donated free. Names of club members have been filed with all nearby hospitals, and members are available for call at any time. Dr. George Whitlatch of Port€ Creek, Tenn., makes clay bricks that he claims will float. * ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Prices Reduced on Regular 1939 Models United Number »f» Hurry-Ad Now! • How long this sale will last depends on you! For we've only a fjfnitfd number of these latest model regular 1939 Electric Refrigerators, anH when they are gone, there won't be any more. So .--if you want a brand-new Frigidaire, General Electric or Westiflghouse refrigerator with all the famous convenience features ypu've been hearing about--at a reduced price ... don t wait! 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